Whip-rack.



P. H. SHAFER'.

WHIP RACK. APPLICATION FILED JAN.14,191Q.

nvmvmk I BY ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

I P57??? /1 (iv/v27 PETER H. SI-IAIEER, 0F INGRAM, WISCONSIN.

WHIP-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

Application filed January 14, 1910. Serial No. 538,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER H. SHAFER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Ingram, in the county of Rusk and State of lVisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Racks, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in whip racks and consists in certainnovel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawing Figure l is a perspective view of the rack as in use;Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, the pawls being elevated in dottedlines; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the rack; Fig. 4: is a crosssection on about line 44 of Fig. 2.

The rack is composed of the body A and the pawl plates B. The body A hasa table plate A and a face plate A the latter dropping from the inneredge of the table plate at the center of the table plate and the latterhaving its inner edges A on opposite sides of the face plate spaced awayfrom the plate sufficiently to form spaces A to receive the whipsbetween the edges A and the support 0 in the use of the invention asshown in Fig. 1. The spacing at A is best shown in Figs. 3 and 4-.

At its outer edge the table plate A is returned upwardly producing ahook like formation A along its outer edge which operates to strengthenand give rigidity to the table plate and also to furnish bearings forthe hook like tongues B of the pawl plates B. These plates B are roundedat their ends toward the inner edge at B to facilitate the introductionof a whip as presently de scribed and they fit at their outer edgesbelow the hook formation at A and project, when lowered, beyond theinner edges A of the table. plate so they will be lifted to an inclinedposition as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 to operate with a pawl or grippingcam action upon a whip when the latter is slipped between the inner edgeof the pawl plate and the support as shown in Fig. 3.

In connecting the pawl. plates pivotally with the body, I prefer toprovide the pawls at their outer edges with the projecting tongues Bbent into hook form and operating in openings A By this construction thepawl plates are pivotally interlocked with the table plate A by theintegral construction of the parts A and B, thus dispensing withconnecting parts and the pawl plates will be held from accidentaldisplacement or disconnection from the body portion A when the parts areconnected as shown in the drawing and before described. To insert a whipin the rack it is only necessary to swing the whip with a slight upwardmovement against the inclined end edge B of the pawl plate lifting thesame to permit the passage of the Whip back of the pawl plate when indropping the whip the pawl plate will bind the whip with a grippingactionsee Fig. tand securely hold the same. The device readily adjustsitself to whips of different sizes. Manifestly the device can beenameled, nickeled or otherwise finished to suit the trade for which itmay be designed.

It will be understood that the object of the rack is to hold a whip insuch manner as to keep it straight, the whip being suspended from nearthe tip and a whip may be slipped into or removed from the rack in adark room by sliding the whip along the wall with a slight upwardmotion.

I claim- Y 1. A rack substantially as described, composed of a tableplate, a face plate at the inner edge of the table plate at the centerof the latter, said table plate having its inner edge on opposite sidesof the face plate spaced therefrom and the outer edge of the table platebeing returned on its upper side forming a hook like seat havingopenings spaced apart, and pawl plates inclined at their ends andprovided at their outer sides with hooked tongues operating in theopenings in the returned outer edge of the table plate as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A rack composed of a table plate having a face plate at a right anglethereto for connection with a support and spaced at its inner edgealongside said face plate to provide a slot for the entrance of thearticle to be held and a pawl plate connected pivotally at its outeredge to the table plate and projecting at its inner edge inwardly beyondthe spaced inner edge of the table plate substantially as set forth.

PETER H. SHAFER.

Witnesses:

Mrs. P. H. SHAFER, M. J. WAGNER.

